early_riser@lemmy.radio to The Monkey's Paw@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 6 days agoI wish my own hands could grant wishesmessage-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up117arrow-down1message-squareI wish my own hands could grant wishesearly_riser@lemmy.radio to The Monkey's Paw@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
Humans are members of the great ape family, and apes are a specific type of monkey, making our hands literal monkey paws.
minus-squareZier@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·6 days agoApes are not monkeys. Apes & Monkeys are both Primates. Humans are part of the Great Apes. Monkeys have tails, Apes do not.
minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 days agoApes are monkeys. Macaques, colobus monkeys, langurs, and other Old World monkeys are much more closely related to humans than to howler monkeys, marmosets, capuchins, and other New World monkeys.
Apes are not monkeys. Apes & Monkeys are both Primates. Humans are part of the Great Apes. Monkeys have tails, Apes do not.
Apes are monkeys.
Macaques, colobus monkeys, langurs, and other Old World monkeys are much more closely related to humans than to howler monkeys, marmosets, capuchins, and other New World monkeys.